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ArchivePakistan crowned Asia Deaf T20 champions
LAHORE: A brilliant all-round performance by Zaka Ahmed helped Pakistan win the inaugural Asia Deaf T20 Cricket Cup, as they recorded an impressive 50-run win over arch-rivals India in the final at the LCCA ground here on Sunday...
Zaka first excelled with the willow as opener, cracking a 63-ball 108 studded with 15 fours and four sixes as Pakistan posted a challenging total of 185 for four in their 20 overs...
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ArchivePakistan deaf side beat India in tri-series
LAHORE: Maintaining its winning streak the Pakistan deaf cricket team defeated arch-rivals India by four wickets in the tri-nation series in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday...
This was Pakistan’s third win in the series, having beaten hosts Bangladesh and India by 38 runs and 101 runs earlier respectively...
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SportEdgbaston Test: England 297 all out against Pakistan at 1st day close
BIRMINGHAM: Sohail Khan marked his return to Test cricket after a five-year absence with a maiden five-wicket haul as Pakistan dismissed England for 297 on Wednesday's first day of the third Test at Edgbaston...
A stress fracture of the back after last year's World Cup provided a further check on his progress...
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Archive1st T20: Pakistan expect Amir to fire in New Zealand
AUCKLAND: The eyes of the cricket world will be on Pakistan in New Zealand on Friday with Mohammad Amir set to make his international comeback after serving a jail term and five-year ban for spot-fixing...
The 23-year-old is expected to be named in the starting lineup for the tour-opening T20 when Pakistan will pit their hostile bowling attack against a New Zealand unit brimming with form batsmen...
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Sport1st T20: Pakistan turn it on to beat New Zealand by 16 runs
WELLINGTON: Pakistan outsmarted New Zealand by stifling their feared batting barrage to win the opening Twenty20 by 16 runs at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday...
With no warm up game to acclimatise, Pakistan were rather run shy at the top and tail of their innings but still managed 171-8...
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Sport1st T20: Billings stars as England beat nervy Pakistan by 14 runs
DUBAI: A new-look England beat clumsy Pakistan by 14 runs in the first Twenty20 international to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series in Dubai on Thursday...
England scored a challenging 160-5 in their 20 overs with Sam Billings hitting a maiden half century before Pakistan were bowled out for 146 off the last ball in another rollercoaster batting display at Dubai stadium...
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Sport1st ODI: Azhar-led Pakistan look to end NZ domination in longer format
The Kiwis will be without their three most experienced batters when they go out to face Pakistan in the first ODI on Monday...
In contrast, Pakistan are reeling from a humiliating defeat in the T20 series...
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Sport1st T20: Tanvir, Akmal star as Pakistan down Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Umar Akmal smashed 46 off 24 balls and Sohail Tanvir grabbed three wickets as Pakistan beat top-ranked Sri Lanka by 29 runs in the first Twenty20 international in Colombo on Thursday...
Pakistan piled up 175-5 after electing to bat and then restricted the reigning World Twenty20 champions to 146-7 in the day-night match at the Premadasa stadium...
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Sport1st ODI: NZ down Pakistan by 70 runs, Amir takes three on return
WELLINGTON: New Zealand pacemen Trent Boult and Grant Elliott shared seven wickets as the hosts bundled out Pakistan for 210 to win the first one-day international at the pacy Basin Reserve by 70 runs on Monday...
Elliott did the early damage while Boult, the world's top-ranked ODI bowler, ran through Pakistan's lower order as the touring side were shot out in 46 overs, chasing a target of 281 in the first of the three-match series......
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Sport1st ODI: Hafeez the hero in clinical Pakistan win
DAMBULLA: A dominant all-round performance by Mohammad Hafeez steered Pakistan to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Dambulla on Saturday...
The off-spinner shrugged off concerns about his bowling action to grab four wickets as Pakistan, electing to field after winning the toss, kept Sri Lanka down to 255/8 in 50 overs...
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ArchivePakistan beat Zimbabwe by 201 runs in 1st ODI
Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 201 runs in the first one-day international at Queens Sports Club on Friday...
Opener Imamul Haq scored his second international hundred as Pakistan reached 308 for 7 against Zimbabwe...
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SportPakistan move to 144-4, trail New Zealand by 9 runs in 1st Test
Asad Shafiq and Babar Azam led Pakistan's recovery and the home team progressed to 144-4 on day two of the first test against New Zealand on Saturday...
Pakistan trailed by just nine runs at lunch after New Zealand was bowled out for 153 in its first innings, losing its last seven wickets for just 42 runs on the first day...
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PakistanNew Zealand lead against Pakistan in 1st test
Hasan Ali struck twice in five deliveries to topple New Zealand's top order as Pakistan reduced the visitors to 134-4 at lunch on the third day of the first test on Sunday...
But Hasan's twin strikes in his fourth over of the day pegged back New Zealand's progress as the fast bowler provided Pakistan with an edge...
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ArchiveDar stars as Pakistan Women brush aside South Africa in 1st T20I
Veteran all-rounder Nida Dar's contributions with both the bat and ball helped Pakistan Women brushed aside their South African counterparts by seven wickets in the first of their three-T20I series in Pretoria on Wednesday...
Pakistan Women's run chase suffered a setback in the very first over when Javeria Rauf was sent back to the pavilion without disturbing the scoreboard...
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